It is a very sobering visualization of the reval data and results. Anyone who continues to deny that DTJC benefitted from years (or, decades) of under-assessments on the backs of less privileged people would be hard pressed to (logically) hold that view after looking at this map.

The budget total is largely unchanged from the one adopted in 2017, and that may not be enough for residents facing reval-related tax increases later this year. At a meeting about the reval at Casa Colombo in February, one resident demanded the city reconsider how it spends "every penny."

Wanted to share an important reminder for families considering middle school options: The Ethical Community Charter School (TECCS) will host its Middle School Open House **this Thursday, March 22, from 6-7:30 pm.** This is a great chance for parents and students to come hear about what middle school at TECCS has to offer. The event will feature mini-lessons in English/language arts, ethics, math, science, and social studies, and a brief showcase featuring the school's performing arts team.

TECCS uses a "project-based learning" approach in middle school, which allows students to learn at their own pace, foregrounds interactive learning experiences, and explores academic subjects through an ethical lens. Graduating 8th-graders have gone on to High Tech, County Prep, and McNair high schools, along with many others in Hudson County and New York City.

TECCS is located at 95 Broadway in Jersey City; current students come from across Jersey City and surrounding towns. RSVP for the open house at tinyurl.com/MiddleSchoolOpenHouse. For more information, call the school at 201-984-4151.

.How much state aid will Hudson County school districts get in proposed budget?Posted March 19, 2018 at 12:30 PM | Updated March 19, 2018 at 12:31 PM

By Ron Zeitlinger | The Jersey Journal

Twelve of Hudson County's 13 public school districts will receive more state aid than last year, according to Gov. Phil Murphy's proposed state budget.

Secaucus would receive the biggest increase percentage-wise, with an 11.4 percent hike from its $1.13 million budget in 2017-18, while eight districts would receive a 5 percent bump. Hoboken would see no increase and Jersey City would get a 0.5 percent hike.

We would like to invite your child to participate in our Annual Great Egg Hunt on March 24th at Hamilton Park.

We will have special schedule for your child to participate in this event. Parents will be able to accompany their kids. Please check the schedule and let us know if you think you will be able to participate with your child in our event.

River View Observer Artscene March 2018ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS, 262 17th St, JC. (201) 918-6019; www.arthouseproductions.org. Tix: $25; $18 students/seniors. Thurs, Mar. 15-Sun, Apr. 1: GRACE, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING by L. M. Feldman. Directed by Adin Walker. “Faced with a painful chapter in her life and fighting the inertia of depression, Emm decides to enter the world of competitive rock-climbing. Her quest through the rugged and humorous terrain of physical training and personal relationships charts the journey of a young woman suspended between muscularity and vulnerability, falling and climbing, parents and children, and the ardor and grace of being human.”

The jitney from NYC to paterson runs at all hours of the night. I've taken it in the wee hours before. Perhaps you can take that to JFK Blvd and 32nd street, and then take an Uber from there up in the direction of Fort Lee? It's cheaper than taking an Uber from the city.

A helicopter carrying first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, had to be rerouted after one of its engines failed, law enforcement officials told CNN.
The senior White House aides were flying from Washington, DC, to New York on Thursday afternoon in a two-engine helicopter when one engine failed, sources told the network.
The chopper had to return to Ronald Reagan National Airport, where the couple hopped on a commercial flight instead.
It is unclear how far into the less than two-hour trip they were when the engine failed.
The aircraft was a Sikorsky owned by the Trump Organization.

Cool opinions bro. We weren’t discussing only NJ. Obviously wasn’t talking about the people at the bottom half of the 1% who technically qualify but the people who are at the very top that are literally hoarding all the wealth unchecked.

I actually didn't post opinions.

Those in the top half of 1% (which is still $800k per year, not billionaires) who are "hoarding wealth" don't pay income tax on salary anyway, they are primarily taxed capital gains rates, which were not touched by the tax reform.

LOL "Cool Bro" Thanks for the great response, it made my morning. I saw that T2P response yesterday and started to reply. Then I decided to cut my toenails. I loved T2P writing that his anti 1% comments are not directed at the bottom of the 1%.

Responding to T2P is typically like talking to a wall. If you challenge his "facts", be prepared to be labelled a racist bourgeois person. He will project the worst human traits on you because of your rational response and eventually you will be dismissed as a"Trump Voter". Have a great week!

By all means, please keep pushing for $15/hr wages tony. I don't like dealing with minimum wage folks anyway, and that "fight for $15" garbage is the fast track to automated service led by robots. Couldn't come quick enough.

Cool opinions bro. We weren’t discussing only NJ. Obviously wasn’t talking about the people at the bottom half of the 1% who technically qualify but the people who are at the very top that are literally hoarding all the wealth unchecked.

I actually didn't post opinions.

Those in the top half of 1% (which is still $800k per year, not billionaires) who are "hoarding wealth" don't pay income tax on salary anyway, they are primarily taxed capital gains rates, which were not touched by the tax reform.

TonyTwoPoops wrote:Yeah no- you’d have to be a complete fool to think taxpayers should be subsidizing tax breaks for corporations and the 1% at this point while we are allegedly too broke to fund basic social services.

“We’re too broke for health insurance and free education but here’s $11/hr so corporations can get out of paying billions in taxes!”

$15/hr is barely a livable wage. We are way behind on that front.

A tax cut isn't a subsidy. A tax cut means they take less, a subsidy means they give you. Might mean the same thing to you in terms of dollar flows, but they are very different from a morality perspective.

Also, the "1%", I'm pretty sure that they are disportionately represented on this forum, in Jersey City, and in New Jersey in general.

1%ers aren't billionaires, they make $300k. Very good money, but in DT JC, with great credit, zero debt, and a large down payment, you'll still be in a 1000 sqft condo.

The tax cut has been effective for more than 80% of taxpayers. You may argue that it's been eaten up by increasing health costs, inflation, etc.... but those things would have gone up at the exact same rate with or without the tax cut. So, on the net, it's still a savings.

70% of tax filers in the US use standard deductions. They don't care about the property tax deduction being capped. That 70% aren't the wealthiest 70%.

Cool opinions bro. We weren’t discussing only NJ. Obviously wasn’t talking about the people at the bottom half of the 1% who technically qualify but the people who are at the very top that are literally hoarding all the wealth unchecked.

JERSEY CITY — A local physical therapy group is teaming up with Liberty Humane Society to offer low cost spay and neutering services.

As part of the new partnership, Exchange Physical Therapy Group will be hosting a fundraiser on Wednesday night at Corgi Spirits.

The program would allow eligible Jersey City and Hoboken residents to have their large dog or outdoor cat spayed or neutered for $10. During the first year of the program, the nonprofit would work with People for Animals in Hillside to brings its mobile unit to Liberty Humane Society about twice a month.

"When we learned about this situation and that a solution was within reach, we immediately knew we had to help," said Jaclyn Fulop, co-owner of Exchange Physical Therapy Group and wife of Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop. "We have seen the benefits owning an animal can have, through our therapy dog Chloe, and want to make sure all of Jersey City's dogs and cats have an opportunity at a good life. That's what this program will provide."

TonyTwoPoops wrote:Yeah no- you’d have to be a complete fool to think taxpayers should be subsidizing tax breaks for corporations and the 1% at this point while we are allegedly too broke to fund basic social services.

“We’re too broke for health insurance and free education but here’s $11/hr so corporations can get out of paying billions in taxes!”

$15/hr is barely a livable wage. We are way behind on that front.

A tax cut isn't a subsidy. A tax cut means they take less, a subsidy means they give you. Might mean the same thing to you in terms of dollar flows, but they are very different from a morality perspective.

Also, the "1%", I'm pretty sure that they are disportionately represented on this forum, in Jersey City, and in New Jersey in general.

1%ers aren't billionaires, they make $300k. Very good money, but in DT JC, with great credit, zero debt, and a large down payment, you'll still be in a 1000 sqft condo.

The tax cut has been effective for more than 80% of taxpayers. You may argue that it's been eaten up by increasing health costs, inflation, etc.... but those things would have gone up at the exact same rate with or without the tax cut. So, on the net, it's still a savings.

70% of tax filers in the US use standard deductions. They don't care about the property tax deduction being capped. That 70% aren't the wealthiest 70%.

A deal was reached tonight to end the Jersey City teachers' strike after a 13-hour negotiation session Sunday between school district and union officials.

The tentative agreement on a new teachers' contract, if approved by the nine-member school board and members of the teachers union, would end an eight-month dispute between the 29,000-student district and its 3,100 teachers.

Monroe wrote:I guess all the workers who received bonuses that their CEO's said came from tax reform didn't happen.

But they did. Oopsie.

Oops there you go being distracted by something shiny again and ignoring the big picture! Those bonuses are basically nothing compared to what they have saved on tax breaks. Wow a pay increase to a whole $11/hr from Walmart who saved BILLIONS, is run by the RICHEST people in the country, and pushes their workers to apply for public assistance? They are still paying poverty wages even with that tax break.

Walmart, for example, said on January 11 that it would raise its minimum wage to $11 an hour and give employees a one-time bonus of up to $1,000. In all, the initiatives cost $700 million, the company said.Later in the month, Walmart announced that it was buying back $4 billion in company debt. A Walmart spokesman said tax reform was "not the incentive" behind the buyback.Related: Some of the companies giving out raises and bonuses because of tax reformWells Fargo raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, from $13.50.

Adorable how once you have been disproven you just immediately deflect to something else so you don’t have to deal with the reality that you are being conned. You look like a fool.

There you go again sounding like Nancy Pelosi talking about returning money to taxpayers as being nothing but "crumbs" when her net worth is about $200 MILLION after how many years of government service?

These working people are doing better than they were under 12 years of the previous administrations... apparently increasing hourly wages to $15 per hour is only good if companies suffer and the costs of goods or service increase to consumers. Neither happened and the democrats are pissed off? Why?

Of course the corporations who pay all the taxes will keep the bulk of the returns. And not only pay higher wages, pay bonuses, and increase 401k matches-but invest in expansion and increase dividends. This ain't Venezuela.

Just think of it this way-they're not getting the lions share, but they're getting more than Obama delivered. MAGA!

Yvonne wrote:The problem, Brewster, you pretend you know everything, but you do not sit down with the people who make the budgets and create the ordinances. I have been doing this since the 1970s, I have attended more budget hearing at the county and local level than I care to admit.

Yvonne, you can put the NY Times under a bird cage for 20 years, and Polly will still not be able to give you a coherent explanation of local politics.

Brewster, your pride is wounded. So now you go into personal attacks. Stay with the subject and do you homework before you speak. I still suggest you call city hall and ask them about the 105% on tax abatements.

Monroe wrote:I guess all the workers who received bonuses that their CEO's said came from tax reform didn't happen.

But they did. Oopsie.

Oops there you go being distracted by something shiny again and ignoring the big picture! Those bonuses are basically nothing compared to what they have saved on tax breaks. Wow a pay increase to a whole $11/hr from Walmart who saved BILLIONS, is run by the RICHEST people in the country, and pushes their workers to apply for public assistance? They are still paying poverty wages even with that tax break.

Walmart, for example, said on January 11 that it would raise its minimum wage to $11 an hour and give employees a one-time bonus of up to $1,000. In all, the initiatives cost $700 million, the company said.Later in the month, Walmart announced that it was buying back $4 billion in company debt. A Walmart spokesman said tax reform was "not the incentive" behind the buyback.Related: Some of the companies giving out raises and bonuses because of tax reformWells Fargo raised its minimum wage to $15 an hour, from $13.50.

Adorable how once you have been disproven you just immediately deflect to something else so you don’t have to deal with the reality that you are being conned. You look like a fool.

Yvonne wrote:The problem, Brewster, you pretend you know everything, but you do not sit down with the people who make the budgets and create the ordinances. I have been doing this since the 1970s, I have attended more budget hearing at the county and local level than I care to admit.

Yvonne, you can put the NY Times under a bird cage for 20 years, and Polly will still not be able to give you a coherent explanation of local politics.